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...main difference between Perot and Clinton voters dealt with their view of politics as usual. Perotians hate politics. Clintonites are more ambivalent. Nearly three-quarters of Perot supporters felt last year that the two-party system does not "serv[e] this country well," according to a September Harris poll. Only 60 percent of Clinton supporters agreed with that assessment. Almost 20 percent more Perot supporters than Clinton supporters described their interest in politics as "somewhat low" or "low." And fully 92 percent of Perot supporters surveyed in June agreed that "[w]e need a president like Perot...
...Even the Perot voters' focus on the deficit belies their hatred of politics as usual. The deficit is essentially a political issue. Unlike unemployment, declining wages or falling exports, the deficit is a total political creation: Members of Congress and the president decide how much spending and taxation the country will undertake. When Republicans refuse to raise taxes and Democrats refuse to cut spending, the deficit goes up. Economics has little to do with it (although the effects of high deficits can clearly be disastrous...
Clinton's start has not been dismal, and those who argue (even on this page) that he's pissed off just about everyone are wrong. According to a recent Wall Street Journal poll, Perot supporters are still giving Clinton the benefit of the doubt over Republicans in Congress, and most liberals and neoliberals like his economic plan...
...Clinton must remember the roots of Perot support--disgust with the political system--if he is to win their hearts and votes...
Clinton's brand of neoliberalism is winning over liberals but alienating Perot voters in the process...